They sure don’t make ‘em like this anymore. Harking back to the giant “Sword and Sandals” epics of the likes of Cecil B. DeMille in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, Academy Award winning Director (for OPPENHEIMER) Christopher Nolan eschewed CGI to film most of the scenes in his adaptation of Homer’s epic poem THE ODYSSEY practically, turning this film into a visceral experience that one can feel. And…boy…did he succeed. Starring Matt Damon (GOOD WILL HUNTING) as Odysseus the

Let’s get this out of the way at the top - the Coen Bros.’ 1996 masterpiece FARGO is in my top 10 List of All Time Favorite films and this most recent rewatch has only solidified it’s place on the list. Supposedly, a “true story” (it’s not), FARGO tells the tale of a hapless Car Salesman (William H. Macy) who hires two equally hapless hitmen (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife. When things take a tragic turn, a small town Minnesota Sheriff (Frances McDormand

A few months ago, an alien rock creature touched my heart in PROJECT HAIL MARY. Last month, it was a talking Octopus in REMARKBLY BRIGHT CREATURES. Now it is the sheep that are THE SHEEP DETECTIVES. Starring Hugh Jackman as a kind. loving shepard that likes to read British Agatha Christie-like murder mysteries to his flock, THE SHEEP DETECTIVES gives us a traditional Agatha Christie-like British murder mystery in a quaint small town filled with oddball locals, but instead of

With last year’s SUPERMAN, James Gunn broke the mold of the dour, downbeat, “punchy, punchy” types of movies the the DCEU was known for (most notably with the Batman and Superman entries). And…at the end of that David Corenswet starring vehicle we were treated to a scene toward the end that delightfully introduces Clark Kent/ Kal El’s cousin, Kara Zor El (a wonderfully disheveled Milly Alcock). The question was as we entered the Cineplex to watch SUPERGIRL (this NOT directed